2015/5/5-Geography, history, civics. At Manchester Academic Charter School in Pittsburgh, Dennis Henderson teaches all of these, and a few things more. “You don’t want to sound ghetto when you talk to people,” says eighth-grader Malajah Smith, quoting Henderson. “Because people …..
2015/5/5-In Baltimore, the images of demonstrations, police in riot gear, looting and outbreaks of violence are familiar for some other cities after encounters with police ended in death for unarmed individuals — primarily black men. Officials say what comes from …..
Just days after the city’s prosecutor announced officers would face charges in Gray’s death 2015/5/5-U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch made a stop in Baltimore Tuesday, as tensions have begun to cool following a week of unrest and uncertainty. Lynch, who …..
After he leaves the White House, friends say the president will return to his passion: helping African Americans through his My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. 2015/5/5-After he leaves the White House, friends say the president will return to his passion: helping …..
And a police badge shouldn’t hide the truth. 2015/5/1-On Friday morning, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced the results of Freddie Gray’s autopsy. The report is clear. His fatal neck injury—a nearly severed spine—was the result of being handcuffed but not …..